Posted on September 18, 2020. Tags: Feminism, Justice for Women, Mexico, Poland, Politics, The European Union, Turkey, united nations, UNWomen, Women's Rights
The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines a pandemic as “an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people”. We know all too well the disease that has brought the world to a shocked standstill. But what we don’t see is the one that already […]
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Posted in Europe, European Union, France, Humanitarian Intervention, Mexico, Turkey, World
Posted on September 7, 2015. Tags: European Union, Germany, NATO, Poland, US-Polish relations
Just three weeks after entering office, Polish President Andrzej Duda’s first official visit to Berlin on August 28 allayed concerns in some quarters that his presidency would resurrect the combative foreign policy his right-wing party, Law and Justice, practiced the last time it was in power from 2005 to 2007. Back then, prickly ties with […]
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Posted in Conflict, Economic Security, Europe, Germany, Political Security, Russia, Security Issues, Ukraine Conflict, World
Posted on February 20, 2015. Tags: Baltic States, China, Cold War, Crimea, Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, Europe, European Union, France, Human Rights, International Security, NATO, Poland, Putin, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UK, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Last year I criticized some of the hawk-like voices, including that of David Brooks of the NYT, which were calling for Barack Obama to increase the fear factor in dealing with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine. I should point out that I am decidedly not a fan of Putin, whose actions in Crimea and Ukraine have been reprehensible. However, we need […]
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Posted in Conflict, Europe, Russia, Security Issues, Ukraine Conflict, Uncategorized, US, World